Melissa Broder

Melissa Broder
Broder in New York, NY in 2017
Born (1979-08-29) August 29, 1979
EducationTufts University (BA)
City College of New York (MFA)
Occupations
  • Author
  • essayist
  • poet
Notable workSo Sad Today, The Pisces, Last Sext, Milk Fed
AwardsPushcart Prize
Websitemelissabroder.com

Melissa Broder (born August 29, 1979) is an American author, essayist and poet. Her work includes the novels The Pisces (Penguin Random House 2018), Milk Fed (Simon and Schuster 2021), and Death Valley (Scribner, 2023); the poetry collection Last Sext (Tin House 2016); and the essay collection So Sad Today (Grand Central 2016), as well as the Twitter feed also titled So Sad Today, on which the book is based. Broder has written for The New York Times, Elle, Vice, Vogue Italia, and New York magazine‘s The Cut.